Royal Dublin end 47-year drought

Dublin might be waiting to take on Kerry in Sunday’s All Ireland Football final but it was a Mayo man who was beaming brightly at Carton House yesterday as Royal Dublin ended their 47-year wait for victory in the AIG Barton Shield.

The men from the Dollymount links outclassed Galway, winning by 12 holes over the O’Meara Course at the Co Kildare venue with neither match getting past the 14th green.

“Maybe we buried the curse today and proved that a manager from Mayo really can win an All-Ireland,” joked team manager Mick Chambers, a Mayo native who has been living in Dublin for 25 years, as he walked away from his four-year stint with a trophy.